Regular caffeine consumption affects brain structure

"Coffee, cola or an energy drink: caffeine is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive substance. Researchers from the University of Basel have now shown in a study that regular caffeine intake can change the gray matter of the brain. However, the effect appears to be temporary."

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Cowfish: The Mutant Superheroes of the Ocean

"Stan Lee, creator of the mutant superheroes X-Men, wishes he could have come up with a mutant power as awesome as the cowfish."

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NASA-funded Study : Gulf of Maine’s Phytoplankton Productivity Down 65%

"The Gulf of Maine is growing increasingly warm and salty, due to ocean currents pushing warm water into the gulf from the Northwest Atlantic, according to a new NASA-funded study. These temperature and salinity changes have led to a substantial decrease in the productivity of phytoplankton that serve as the basis of the marine food web."

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The Airlines Most Likely to Suck, According to Department of Transportation Data

"If you’re booking summer travel and faced with a choice of similarly priced tickets on different airlines, it’s worth doing a little homework first."

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CNN cutting back on over-hyping everything as "breaking news"

"CNN's new boss Chris Licht says that beginning today, CNN has added a "Breaking News” guideline to its stylebook, to address overuse of the breaking news banner across its network and cable news writ-large. Why it matters: Licht and Warner Bros."

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Why You Can't Trust Your Fitness Tracker on Calorie Burn

"There was a time, before Fitbits, when nobody knew quite how many calories they were burning on a daily basis. Sure, you could calculate a rough estimate based on your body size, sex, and age; and you could choose whether or not to believe the calorie readout on the treadmills and bikes at the gym."

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Delta and Omicron killed far more children than flu ever does.

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Let’s Do a Tick Check

"As scores of city dwellers in the United States have ditched their urban lives for more land and bigger homes, many may be facing new foes this spring and summer: bloodsucking ticks. Ticks, which like wooded, leafy areas where wildlife roam, are most active between April and September."

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‘Being the Smoke’: One Man’s Choice to Be Cremated Under the Open Sky

"CRESTONE, Colo. — Philip Incao was about 6 years old when he asked his mother if it was true he would die. Yes, she replied. And what happens afterward? he asked. It was a profoundly unsatisfying answer, and one that Dr. Incao later identified as the starting point for a lifetime of study."

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One-third of all US child Covid deaths occurred during Omicron surge

"As many as a third of all child deaths from Covid in the US have occurred during the Omicron surge of the pandemic. Children seem to be facing increasing risks from Covid-19 even as mask mandates drop across the country, and vaccination rates among children stall out at alarmingly low rates."

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